Ten ball safety rule - WPA

Jobba786 said:
Here is the reply I received from WPA:


Hi Jon

Firstly, it is a foul if no ball is driven to a rail after contact with the object ball.

Secondly, you are right as no player bothers to call safety because it is of no benefit to him. We are aware of the this being unnecessary and will be attending to it in the next rules review.

Just to let you know how this got into the rule in the first place: 10Ball was aimed at avoiding most fluke shots and therefore all shots were to be called. The word ‘safety’ was brought about so that a player had to call safety if he intended to snooker his opponent. If a player did not call safety and ended up snookering his opponent, his opponent would have the choice to ask him to play again. Anyway, something went wrong when going to print and it was left out.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Regards
Ishaun
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So the question becomes will they eliminate the safety rule verbage or allow the incoming player the option if a safety is not declared? Or will they just change the rules to give the incoming player the option on ANY miss whether a ball falls or not? I'm not sure I like this last option because it takes the two-way out of the game.
 
On the Preadator Tour you must call a shot or a safety. If you miss a called shot the opponent has the option to make you shoot again. And yes, it does away with the two-way shot, finally!


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klockdoc said:
Since it is a call game, you have to clarify to the referee what your play is.
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You only have to declare your shot if you INTEND to make a ball, if you are playing safe you only need to declare it in 8 Ball if you want to make a ball and not carry on shooting. If you are not trying to make a ball you dont need to declare your shot.

In 10 Ball as the WPA have now clarified there is no benefit in declaring safety at any time.

I was concerned about this from the very first World 10 Ball Championships in Manila and I was wondering why players were calling safeties.
 
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